Artist

Six weeks to go and the WasabiCon 2017 Exhibitor’s Hall (Artist Alley and Vendors Room) is SOLD OUT! We’ve adapted our floor plan this year to accommodate more space for companies and creative types selling wares at this year’s convention, and we’ve also listened to fan feedback to work on creating more variety in what will be available for purchase.

If you are still interested in space, you can be placed on a mailing list (in case of cancellations) by emailing:

Do you like the new Wasabizilla art that has been showing up? That’s the talent work of Brittani Crawford.

Brittani Marie Crawford is an artist, animator, and Corgi enthusiast based out of Jacksonville, FL. She earned her BFA at Kansas City Art Institute after receiving world class instruction in a variety of visual arts, including 2D hand-drawn animation, graphic design, and painting. She considers herself a jack-of-all-trades and in the years since completing university has undertaken projects ranging from detailed sculpture, to costuming, painting, and video game concept art. She also has a passion for teaching and currently instructs adult painting classes, though she also spent 2 years overseas in Japan, teaching English to children.

Though she’s only been a Floridian for three years, Ms. Crawford has been very active in the local artistic community, serving as an invitational artist at GAAM (where she unveiled a 6-foot tall Charizard statue!). Her art inspirations pull heavily from the styles of her favorite anime and video games, especially the Final Fantasy series, Akihiko Yoshida, and the Dragon Age series. She considers hobby and career to be one and the same and will happily discuss chiarascuro techniques with the same passion as Bioware love interests (though Ms. Crawford will not be swayed from the mind that the only correct choices are Alistair and Fenris).

She will be set up in Artist Alley at WasabiCon again this year – so swing by and say hi!

Do you like the new Wasabizilla art that has been showing up? That’s the talent work of Brittani Crawford.

Brittani Marie Crawford is an artist, animator, and Corgi enthusiast based out of Jacksonville, FL. She earned her BFA at Kansas City Art Institute after receving world class instruction in a variety of visual arts, including 2D hand-drawn animation, graphic design, and painting. She considers herself a jack-of-all-trades and in the years since completing university has undertaken projects ranging from detailed sculpture, to costuming, painting, and video game concept art. She also has a passion for teaching and currently instructs adult painting classes, though she also spent 2 years overseas in Japan, teaching English to children.

Though she’s only been a Floridian for two years, Ms. Crawford has been very active in the local artistic community, serving as an invitational artist at GAAM (where she unveiled a 6-foot tall Charizard statue!). Her art inspirations pull heavily from the styles of her favorite anime and video games, especially the Final Fantasy series, Akihiko Yoshida, and the Dragon Age series. She considers hobby and career to be one and the same and will happily discuss chiarascuro techniques with the same passion as Bioware love interests (though Ms. Crawford will not be swayed from the mind that the only correct choices are Alistair and Fenris).

She will be set up in Artist Alley at WasabiCon this year – so swing by and say hi!

One of the key focuses of WasabiCon since Year One has been to integrate our convention into the LOCAL fan community. As part of this initiative, we’re looking to bring on a staff artist for WasabiCon 2016 to help with the forthcoming ad campaign (launching in July).

Interested?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

A *local* artist. This means you are based in Jacksonville/the Jacksonville, Florida region.

The ability to produce artwork in a digital format for online and print use. You will also be designing the convention badge.

The ability to communicate clearly via email.

The ability to draw our mascot, Wasabizilla. You know… this guy:

What we’re offering:

You will be listed as Featured Talent for WasabiCon 2016.

We will provide a complimentary Artist Alley table for you at the event. (You will be able to sell prints based on the artwork your create for us and your other artwork, too!)

In addition to your Featured Talent pass – we will provide you with two (2) additional complimentary Weekend Passes for your friends/family.

A hotel room at our host hotel (The Lexington) checking in Friday and checking out Sunday. (Two [2] nights.)

HERE’S HOW TO GET YOUR NAME IN THE RUNNING:

Draw a sketch of Wasabizilla so we can see how your style matches up to our character’s look.

Email it to Contact@WasabiCon.com with the subject “WasabiCon Artist” with the following info:
– Your name
– Your artist website
– Your age
– Your zip code

We will select an artist before the end of June.

For reference, here are some Wasabizilla sketches

(You can request additional reference art via email.)

NOTE: Artist Alley spaces will go on Sale after the first weekend in July.